Garden-hose support



' July 6,1926. 1,591,374

P. J. A. HAMMILL GARDEN HOSE; SUPPORT.

Filed June 29, 19"25 Patented July 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE.

IPAULJOHNARNOLD HAMMiLL, or nam ngron, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GARDENrHOSE svrron'r.

Application filed June 29, .1 25. Serial No. 40,394. I

My invention relates to improvements in garden hose supports and the object of'the invention is to provide a device for conveniently supporting the nozzle of a garden hose at a Convenient spraying inclination; a further ob ect 1s-to make such a dBVICG-III an extremely simple and inexpensive form but yet one which will be very eiiicientand one which will provide a' very firm support for the nozzle; a; further object. is to make such 7 a device in a form which may be readily and V conveniently fitted to the nozzle andwhich maybe used in practically any situation;

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofrparts, all as hereinafter more particularly describeduand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: v Fig. l is a side elevation of my improved. device showing the manner inwhich a nozzle is'supported thereby, the lower portion of a spike forming part thereof being broken Fig. 2 is an end view of my away to economize space. I V improved decrve looking in the dlrectlon of the arrow F in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe different views;

My improved device is formed from a single length of resilient wire, the construction being as follows:' V

V The lengthof wire is formedintermediately of its length into' an elongated coil spring portion i i V The portions 2 and 3 of the Wire which extend from each end of the coil 1 are bent up- 'wardly, backwardly and downwardly 'a'nd the extremities 4t and '5 are passed axially through the coil 1 from the opposite ends thereof. Y

The extremity 5 then extendsdownwardly bie'low the coil and forms a spike 6 and the about theupper end The recess formed by .th? portions 111s" these jaws.

larger than that formed by the portions and is located at' whatmay be termed the rear end'of the-jaws, while th smaller re-.

' ,clip 12 is mounted upon and connects theforward end of the jaws at a point between therecss 10 and. the coil 1.

From the foregoingit will'be noted that my support is formed entirely from a single coil spring 1 will be to oppose opening of In using the device, the nozzle 13 is firmly in Fig. 1 by simply insertingit into the jaws, the inclination being 'maintain'ed due to the provision whereby therear recess 11 is larger than the front, 'recess 10' so that the hose cess 10 isat what may be termed, the for r ward end of the jaws.

'length'of wire and that the actionof the supported in the position shown infull lines ,14 lies withinthis rearrecess but the front recess being smaller-"does not permit the nozzle topass downwardly thereinto. I If desired, the nozzle -13 may be supported of the nozzle downwardly into therecesslO,

as shown infbroken lines in Fig.1. The re-" siliency of the aws will permit of this b'eing done. r r I Y,

. From the foregoing it will be evident that j "at a less inclination by forcing the frontend I have devised an extremely simple and use ful support for garden hose. whereby the objects of my invention havebeen attained. i What I claim as my inventlon is: i

A garden hose support comprising. a I

length of resilient. wire formed intermediately into an elongated coil spring portion,

the portion of said wire extending from each 1 end of said coil looped upwardly and passed axially throughtlie coil from the opposite end thereof, said looped portions constitut- 'ing opposed jaw elements above'the coil, one

extremity of the wireforming a spike-below the. coil and the i other extremity twisted about the upper end of said spike, the upright portions of said loops formed with .out-

wardly curved portions forming hose re- 'ceiving recesses in said aws, said recesses beingof different dimensionsand a cl1pcon-' necting saidjaws at a point between the H smaller recess andthe coil.

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